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- noun The medical study of vomiting and emetics.
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- noun medicine The study of the causes of
emesis , i.e.,vomiting , usually sub-specialities ofgastroenterology orneurology .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek ἔμετος ("vomiting")
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